LAWYER v. CITY OF NEW YORK

10190, 309963/09.

176 A.D.3d 586 (2019)

108 N.Y.S.3d 859

2019 NY Slip Op 07698

Melissa Lawyer, Appellant, v. City of New York, Defendant, and 922 Southern LLC et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided October 24, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Michael Biniakewitz, New York ( Michael Biniakewitz of counsel), for appellant.

Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, LLP, New York ( Kevin J. O'Donnell of counsel), for 922 Southern LLC, East River Family Center LLC, David Levitan, Mark Goldberg and City Homes Associates, LLC, respondents.

White Werbel & Fino, LLP, New York ( Nathan Losman of counsel), for Basic Housing Inc., respondent.

Concur—Friedman, J.P., Kapnick, Oing, Singh, JJ.


"A landlord has a common-law duty to take minimal security precautions to protect tenants and members of the public from the foreseeable criminal acts of third parties" (Wayburn v Madison Land Ltd. Partnership, 282 A.D.2d 301, 303 [1st Dept 2001]). Here, that duty was discharged by providing, inter alia, locking doors to the building in question with a buzzer and intercom system and video...

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